Schedule Management 20Q Test

Question 1 of 20

1. Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. He is working on the schedule and has just finished the RBS for the project. What process is he likely to have completed

1. Plan Risk management

2. Estimate resources

3. Estimate Durations

4. Estimate costs

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Question 2 of 20

2. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the critical path is –

1. A-D-G-H

2. A-E-F-H

3. A-B-C-H

4. A-E-F-G-H

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Question 3 of 20

3. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to PERT distribution?

1. 6.83 days

2. 7 days

3. 7.5 days

4. 6.7 days

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Question 4 of 20

4. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 8 days and the pessimistic estimate is 12 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to Beta distribution?

1. 7 days

2. 8 days

3. 6.83 days

4. 6.7 days

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Question 5 of 20

5. A project manager has just defined the activity list for a project. What is the possible process that he should execute next?

1. Estimate cost

2. Estimate durations

3. Estimate resources

4. Sequence activities

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Question 6 of 20

6. Please refer to the above network diagram. The diagram indicates that between task B and task C

1. A lag of 5 days has been introduced for the start of task C

2. Task C must start 5 days before the finish of task B

3. There is a lead of 5 days

4. Task C must start before 5 days after the finish of task B

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Question 7 of 20

7. An estimation method uses the following formula

Estimate = (O + M + P) / 3

Where

O = Optimistic Estimate

M = Most likely estimate

P = Pessimistic estimate

This method is of the following type among estimation methodologies:

1. Statistical estimation because is uses likelihoods

2. 3 point estimate with PERT distribution

3. Parametric estimation because it uses a formula

4. 3 point estimate with triangular distribution

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Question 8 of 20

8. Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. While estimating the resources, he is identifying the resources for activities at the leaf nodes of the activity breakdown structure and then aggregating the resources at summary activities and then at the project level. What estimation method is Barry likely to be using:

1. Bottom up estimation

2. Top down estimation

3. Analogous estimation

4. Parametric estimation

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Question 9 of 20

9. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 4 days

2. 6 days

3. 2 days

4. 8 days

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Question 10 of 20

10. The outcome of sequence activities is

1. Project activity diagram

2. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

3. Project network diagram

4. Activity list

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Question 11 of 20

11. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Early Start and Early Finish for task C are –

1. 11, 16

2. 1,7

3. 9, 14

4. 6, 11

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Question 12 of 20

12. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the length of the critical path is –

1. 18 days

2. 13 days

3. 21 days

4. 19 days

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which of the statements is true about fast tracking?

1. In a fast tracking method, the discretionary dependencies are re-examined to exploit inherent parallelism among activities

2. In a fast tracking method, employees are motivated to work harder and faster so that the project completion is fast tracked.

3. Additional resources are allocated to tasks in the critical path so that the duration of the tasks and hence the whole project is fast tracked

4. In a fast tracking method, the float of each task is leveraged to fast track the project.

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Question 14 of 20

14. Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to defining activities?

1. All activities are defined as part of WBS in the scope baseline

2. Some activities can be defined initially and activities for mile stones occurring later on can be defined when the project is closer to the milestone

3. All activities must be defined while developing a schedule

4. It is fine if no activities are defined initially

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Question 15 of 20

15. Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the float for task D is

1. 6 days

2. 4 days

3. 8 days

4. 2 days

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Question 16 of 20

16. The PERT estimate of duration for a task is 12 days which has an optimistic estimate of 6 days and a most likely estimate of 10 days. What is the pessimistic estimate?

1. 26 days

2. 14 days

3. 18 days

4. 16 days

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Question 17 of 20

17. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to triangular distribution?

1. 6.7 days

2. 7 days

3. 7.5 days

4. 6.5 days

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Question 18 of 20

18. Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to the relationship between scope and activity definition

1. Activity definition and scope base line have no relationship at all

2. Scope base line is an input to defining activities

3. WBS is part of scope base line and activities are part of WBS base line.

4. Defining activities is a pre-requisite to base lining scope

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Question 19 of 20

19. lease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Late Start and Late Finish for task B are –

1. 3, 8

2. 6, 11

3. 5, 10

4. 11,16

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Question 20 of 20

20. The number of days by which a task can be delayed without delaying any of its successor tasks is called

1. Slack

2. Float

3. Free Float

4. Total Float

Question 20 of 20